Wouter van Noort

“And I wish that you were here,
But you've left me alone.
Gone off on a journey,
That'll never bring you home.”
― Mason Deaver, The Ghosts We Keep

“Boys. I watched them. Studied them. In the end, I didn't find most of the guys that surrounded me very interesting. In fact, I was pretty disgusted.

Maybe I was a little superior. But I don't think I was superior. I just didn't understand how to talk to them, how to be myself around them. Being around other guys didn't make me feel smarter. Being around guys made me feel stupid and inadequate. It was like they were all a part of this club and I wasn't a member.

....

Girls. They were mysteries too. Everything was a mystery.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“Oh, and if you only take one thing away from my story, please, I beg you, don't put cream in your fucking pasta carbonara.”
― Jock Zonfrillo, Last Shot

“Suddenly he thought of Bob. 'Tell the sun and stars hello for me.”
― Rick Riordan, The House of Hades